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We have this headline:
US Breaks record with $222.5 billion February deficit
And this:
Republicans propose $61 billion in annual spending cuts
or to put this graphically:
"...but it's a start..."
it isn't a start. it is nothing. it is purely symbolic.
the republicans aren't proposing meaningful deficit reduction. period.
Anytime anyone proposes anything meaningful as far as deficit reduction the idiots on the left cry about cutting SS, social programs that people "need" and starving children.
And the Dems think that is too much and want even less reduced.
How's that any more help ?
to be fair, the dems wanted to raise revenue and that would have helped more than this. but it doesn't matter and it isn't the point. to stand tooth-and-nail behind a group giving you a mere symbol, a bread crumb. it's stupid.
And the Dems think that is too much and want even less reduced.
How's that any more help ?
No.. they dont want less reduction.. they want more increases..
OP.. the reason why the cuts are so small, is because Democrats still control 2 branches out of 3 branches of government. If the GOP wanted more it would never pass..
We have this headline:
US Breaks record with $222.5 billion February deficit
And this:
Republicans propose $61 billion in annual spending cuts
or to put this graphically:
"...but it's a start..."
it isn't a start. it is nothing. it is purely symbolic.
the republicans aren't proposing meaningful deficit reduction. period.
The President is Democrat and doesn't like cuts.They can't propose ambitious cuts, and the unemployment rate must be lower before dramatic cuts, they're not crazy
to be fair, the dems wanted to raise revenue and that would have helped more than this. but it doesn't matter and it isn't the point. to stand tooth-and-nail behind a group giving you a mere symbol, a bread crumb. it's stupid.
Pray tell...how ?
They passed the extension to the Bush cuts and added a payroll tax cut which REDUCED revenue even more.
OP.. the reason why the cuts are so small, is because Democrats still control 2 branches out of 3 branches of government. If the GOP wanted more it would never pass..
The $66 billion was the republican wish list, that is the worst part. If it were a compromise solution, that would be different.
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